the adobe subscription thing actually sounds like a decent deal for small businesses.
i think the flyer i got in the mail said $30/mo. for the creative suite package of all (or most) the adobe stuff.
although if you don't need the latest version all the time, you can go on eBay and buy about two versions back for like 15% of the price. usually you can also use that older license to get the newest version upgrade price direct from adobe. go this route and you end up with the latest version at less than half the normal price.
i wonder if adobe is realizing that if they didn't price it so high, the common consumer (not just design businesses) would actually buy the latest version, and that would make up for the lowered cost easily. sure thats what elements is for, but nobody really wants to buy a product with half the features cut, even if they probably won't use whats missing.